Device for swinging barrels



W. 0. RUDD. Device for Swinging Barrels. No. 228,941 Patented June 15,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. RUDD, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DEVICE FOR SWINGING BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,941, dated J'une 15, 1880.

Application filed January 30, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, .WILLIAM (J. RUDD, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Device for Swinging Barrels under Counters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for swinging barrels or boxes to and fro beneath a counter in places where economy of space is desirable. Where heavy barrels of sugar, flour, and like substances are placed under the counters of grocery and provision stores it is ,often difficult to obtain access to them where it is desired to take small quantities from the barrels. Where no provision is made for moving the barrel or box other than directly lifting it from its place it is often difficult or impossible and a cause of great inconvenience.

By the use of my invention, however, I render this an easy matter, and allow a much larger number of barrels to be placed within a given space than where nothing of the kind is provided. The barrel orbox can be very readily placed in position or removed, either opera.- tion being butv the work of a few moments, and when in place they can be moved under and out from the counter with the greatest facilty; and my invention therein consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of the various operative parts of my device, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In order that persons skilled in the art may know how to make and use my barrel-swing, I will now proceed to fully describe the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

1n the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my device with barrel swung out from under counter. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same with barrel swung in under counter. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the rod and its upper socket; Fig. 4., a sectional view of the rod and its lower socket.

Like letters relate to corresponding parts.

A represents a barrel suspended between the counter B and the floor G. D is a wooden or iron standard, bent in conformity with the sides of a barrel, and fastened to the counter B by a socket, a, the end of the standard being firmly and rigidly secured within the socket. The lower end of this curved standard passes through and may project beyond the socket b, which is screwed or bolted to the floor.

E is a grapple or claw, fitted around the standard so as to revolve readily upon it, or to move up and down when it is desired to place a barrel or box within its grasp or to re- 7 move'it from its position.

F is a corresponding claw or bracket, havin g bearings upon the socket b, and also readily revolving upon the standard, adapted to receive the chine of a barrel and sustain the greater part of its weight, the upper claw simply holding it upright and away from the standard.

In placing my device in position for operation the curved standard should be fastened to the counter and floor vertically, with its curving part directly facing the end-of the counter under which it is secured. The standard, being rigidly secured in this position, will, as the barrel is swung out or under the counter, limit its movement, the surface of the barrel coming in contact with the curved part of the standard, as shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a barrel-swinging device, the combination of the curved standard D with claw E and bracket F, both loosely mounted on the standard, and with upper and lower supports, a b, the standard being rigidly secured to prevent its turning 011 its axis, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 17th day of May, 1879.

WM. 0. RUDD;

\Vitnesses:

GEO. O. TRACY, Enw. S. TRACY. 

